I Want More Clients, 3000 Club, Tuesday, July 7, Holiday Inn, Bullard & Bell in Surprise, AZ.  Check here for more details.

I Want More Clients, Phoenix Chamber Leads Group, Wednesday, July 15.

I Want More Clients, Biz Connect, Thursday, August 27.  Email for more information. 

I Want More Clients, Empowered Women of Wealth, Friday, August 28. E-mail Michelle for more information.

When 'Off with their Heads! Won't Work, Crossroads, Utah SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management), September 16. For more info or to register click here.

I Want More Clients, Get Clients Now!, Power Women's Conference Luncheon Series, Thursday, September 24. Stay tuned for registration details.

Get More Clients: Make More Money, Mortgage Girlfriends Mastermind Retreat, Friday September 25. Register here

So the pecking began. It was hard work from what I observed at the Museum.  Little beaks would peck, peck, peck, then stop - to regain strength I assume. The hatchlings would wriggle and struggle trying to push their tiny weak bodies out into a new unknown world. Eventually they would emerge and begin a new life.

So back to the title of this article, is your spirit trapped by some metaphorical egg?  Is it quietly screaming "Get me out of here!"?  Are you ignoring those yearnings opting instead for the safety of your egg?

It feels safe and comfortable in that egg for a while and we justify our inaction against some increasingly intolerable situation by saying, "I don't know what to do" or "It's hopeless" or "It's better in here anyway". And so we suffer, perhaps quietly. Perhaps just putting up with situations we wished were better.

Don't do that!

As Marianne Williamson said in in Return to Love, "...we were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone."

Last Saturday, I attended a lecture by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.  He spoke (among other things) about a human embryo/baby.  He suggested that in the womb, most of our faculties (like sight) are not in active operation.  They aren't needed at that time.  He said many of the things we need to survive are 'turned on' at birth.

I translated that to mean we don't have what we need until break out of our shell (or womb).  If we're waiting for the right feeling or skills to take action, we've got it backwards.  We need to take action (break out of the shell) THEN our skills will appear and develop.

That's how I got into the speaking profession. I felt trapped in my introvert shell. Life wasn't bad.  It just wasn't all that I knew intuitively it could be.  I sensed I had more to give the world, yet wasn't sure what it was.  Rather than wait until it all became clear and I was 'healed' from my introvert nature, I continually thrust myself into venues where I had to speak to crowds.  I sought out and accepted opportunities to speak even though I was scared out of my britches. But I acted.

That's the key...ACTION.

So if you're feeling trapped in an intolerable (or even comfortable) shell or situation (job, business, life) waiting to feel differently or have abilities before you break out, don't wait.  Break out.  THEN you will discover the skills you need.

>>Share your "break out story" with me at Dream Leader Blog

4.x

How To Build a Million Dollar Company with a Successful Brand...From Scratch, July 8th NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) Phoenix Chapter Luncheon
Voted the #1 place to network and one of the most influential organizations in the Valley. NAWBO invites members and guests to join us for this DON'T MISS July Monthly luncheon. Attend this event to listen to FOUR of the most successful women business owners in the Valley who took their simple ideas and turned them into million dollar businesses.

Also July 8, Look Like a Million Bucks...without Having to Spend 'em, NAWBO U,

Check out the details and register for both event by July 3rd at: www.nawbophx.org